The rise of the prince

Chapter 873 Victory on the Western Front
The siege entered the most critical stage. Wei Mingling made the last test. He strongly ordered the two battalion infantry to go down the mountain again to test the firepower.

This time Jing Jun's gunshots were sporadic, and he was obviously running out of ammunition and food.

The iron harriers in the rear were also ready to go. Wei Mingling encouraged the morale and told the soldiers that the Jing army was already fighting a trapped beast. They had no ammunition and could be wiped out in one battle.

The soldiers also felt that Jing Jun's firepower had weakened and their morale had soared.

In the afternoon, Wei Mingling ordered all the horses to be fed with soybeans, and all the riders to get ready.

Then with an order, the cavalry charged down the valley, followed by a large group of infantry.

Suddenly the earth shook, like a landslide and tsunami, Wei Mingling sat still on the top of the mountain, holding the knife tightly in his hand, in fact, his blood was swollen, and he was already extremely excited.

As expected, Xia Jingjun's counterattacks were sporadic, and their losses were not big at all, which made Xia Guo's soldiers even more excited.

The ground shaking became more and more obvious, and with the sound of rumbling horseshoes, Wei Minglinggong felt as if he was about to jump up.

Such a deterrent, how can it not make people palpitate, this is Xia Guo, this is the iron kite that defeated Jing Guo and Liao Guo!

Wei Mingling was so excited that he slowly stood up with the knife in his hand, as if he had returned to the days when he was young and passionate, when he was fighting with gold and iron horses, and attacked the Mughals in the north.

The rumbling sound became louder and louder, and slowly, the stones on the hillside began to roll down.

"No!" The adjutant beside him said, "Marshal, there shouldn't be such a big commotion."

Wei Mingling also recovered from the initial excitement, that's right, there was such a big commotion, he quickly climbed to a high place surrounded by everyone, and looked around.

The ground under their feet was still shaking, but as far as the eye could see, there were only forward cavalry and soldiers behind who had charged down the mountain and were fighting with the enemy.

"In the south!" Someone exclaimed.

Wei Mingling looked to the south, the smoke and dust were rising into the sky, under the sun, the armor was shining brightly, and a large number of iron cavalry broke through the defense line of the southern river valley and were rushing towards the center of Liuta Town.

"Stop! Stop them for me!" Wei Ming was horrified and exclaimed heart-piercingly, but just after he finished speaking, the armored cavalry had already rushed through the southern river valley and rushed down the mountain from the side of Xia Guo. army.

In an instant, people were turned on their backs, and countless people were directly trampled to death by the war horses. The horses and horses were armored and weighed seven to eight hundred catties. Even a collision or being trampled would be seriously injured.

The impact of the heavy cavalry on the side quickly collapsed Xia Jun, who had already been frightened, and fled to the north with his helmet and armor removed.

The Zhongjing army in the river valley also saw the reinforcement flag in the south, and their morale was high. They charged directly and fought with bayonets, which once again hit the morale of Xia's army.

The Xia army had already suffered heavy casualties, and only the vanguard of the Jing army was still supported. Now the reinforcements of the Jing army rushed into the valley, and there was no hope of victory.

All of a sudden, the river valley in Liuta Town was in chaos.

"Marshal, the situation is not good, the best policy is to go!" The deputy general panicked.

Wei Mingling was as stupid as he was, looking at the valley below from a distance, motionless.

Still, the personal soldier had sharp eyesight, so he quickly set him up and helped him up on the horse.

"Let go of the old man! I want to live and die with the soldiers!" Wei Mingling yelled, but in the end he was outnumbered and unable to match his own soldiers. He was "reluctantly" put on a horse, fled northward over the mountain, and then turned west.

The battle quickly turned into a pursuit of Xia Jun by Jing Jun's reinforcements.

Only a few troops resisted for a while, and they collapsed immediately.

There are two support forwards this time, the heavy cavalry on the right flank of the Lingjie Army led by Yelu Dashi, and the two regiments of black cavalry led by Yan Shen.

Yelu Dashi was responsible for defeating the Jing army head-on and clearing the siege for the vanguard, while Yan Shen led two regiments of black cavalry, traveling day and night, detouring from the east valley to intercept the high-level Jing army who might escape.

In the evening, the entire river valley was full of human corpses and captured soldiers of the Xia army who had surrendered. Soldiers continued to chase the remnants of the Xia army through the narrow town of Liuta to the north.

It was already three days later when Li Xingzhou arrived here.

The Chinese army led by Wei Yubai and Yang Wenguang received the prisoners and cleaned up the battlefield. Of course, the most important thing was to protect the general of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Xingzhou, the grandson of the emperor.

After a while, Yelu Dashi and Zhe Weizhong came over.

Yelu Dashi spoke first: "His Royal Highness has a clever plan, and Xia Jun was caught off guard. In this battle, more than [-] enemies were killed, and more than [-] to [-] people were captured. The rest of the bandits have already dispersed."

Zhe Weizhong stepped forward with a face full of guilt, and knelt down on one knee: "The old minister is ashamed of his highness, and underestimated the enemy's aggressive advance, so that he fell into the enemy's siege, which almost caused a catastrophe. Please punish him!"

Li Xingzhou nodded, "I don't blame you for this matter. No one thought that General Xia Guo would be such a capable person. What a loss for the striker."

Zhe Weizhong bowed his head and said: "The number of wounded is more than a thousand, and the number of dead is 470-[-]."

Li Xingzhou nodded in understanding, this is indeed a relatively big loss for the new army.

"Although the enemy's general is capable and competent, as the general, you have taken the lead and underestimated the enemy, and you are also at fault for investigating the enemy's unknown situation. Now you will be relieved of the post of forward deployment and replaced by Wei Yubai."

Zhe Weizhong quickly nodded his thanks, and everyone was convinced.

He also looked at the obstacles in the mountains before, and after he asked that the blocking troops were all recruits, he thought of Wei Minglinggong's tactics against Temujin, thought of the possibility of consuming layers, luring the enemy deep, and waiting for them to be exhausted before besieging and annihilating them. .

Immediately asked Yelu Dashi and Yan Shen to come all night to support, but fortunately they caught up.

The generals and soldiers in the army felt that he knew things like a god.

Li Xingzhou ordered the forwards of the army to rest in Liuta Town, and the Chinese army changed to the front army and continued northward.

Two days later, the black cavalry led by Yan Shen also returned. In addition to killing a large number of people, they also captured the main general Wei Mingling and more than 80 generals under his command.

Li Xingzhou ordered all of them to be taken into custody, and generals of this level could be sent to the capital for captives.

As for the many captives, Li Xingzhou didn't even look at them. Many people wanted to see him but were refused.

So far, the West Road Xia Army has been completely defeated, and now there are three roads in front of them.

One is to cross the western desert and directly attack the capital of the Xia Kingdom; the other is to go north to support Di Zhi and capture Wucihai City; .

The first type is more radical, and the latter two are more conservative. In order to avoid any loss, first destroy the army of the Xia Kingdom, and then attack the capital.

That night, Li Xingzhou held a meeting of all generals. The venue was on a barren hill without any tables and chairs.

Everyone said what they said, almost all of them said that they would go straight to Huanglong and cross the desert to attack Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xia Kingdom at the foot of Helan Mountain!
Li Xingzhou also agrees very much, because the latter two strategies are prudent, but they also have risks, that is, the Li family of Xia Guo fled west and defected to the Uighurs, and the legacy of raising tigers.

The reason why Xia Kingdom was able to become an independent country at the beginning was that it resisted Jingguo because of the legacy of raising tigers. The Li family split into two parts. Dynasty defeated another Li family.

But it was because of not eradicating the roots that the current Xia Kingdom was finally established. This made Li Xingzhou determined to make a surprise move, completely preventing Li Ji from escaping, and completely destroying the Li family of Xia Kingdom.The news of the demise of the Western Front Army will definitely not reach Xingqing Mansion so soon, this time difference is their opportunity.

On the other hand, he also believed in the abilities of Liu Ji and Di Zhi, the two coaches who followed him from the South to the North.

After making up his mind, he began to prepare. Li Xingzhou selected Xia soldiers and generals who were willing to surrender from the prisoners of war, and let them serve as guides, imparting experience in the desert, and began to prepare.

The desert next door to the central part of the Xia Kingdom is far from being as large as the later generations, but it should not be underestimated.

Jing Jun treated the prisoners of war well, forced them to work, and gave them food and drink while doing physical work. In addition, Jing Jun's terrifying combat power frightened many people, so many Xia Jun were willing to lead the way.

Furthermore, these areas have been under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Han Dynasty. The Central Plains Dynasty lost this place in less than a hundred years, and they also have a sense of identity.

So soon there were more than 600 people willing to lead the way, including more than 40 generals.

Everything was ready, Li Xingzhou selected 5000 elite new troops, and began to prepare to cross the desert and reach the foot of Helan Mountain!

(End of this chapter)